This Sunday’s Gospel is a very long parable, and one that is much beloved. It has more layers to it than a first reading will find. Luke 15:1-3, 11-31 The one parable has three main characters. Each character has a lot to teach us. In fact, if you think through the story from each of […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 3rd Sunday of Lent, Luke 13:1-9
I think this is a very unusual passage. Luke 13:1-9 is kind of an unvarnished window (now that’s a horrible mixed metaphor) into Jesus’ ordinary interactions. Why do I think it is “unvarnished”? Well so much of the Gospel narrative is made up of identifiable types of scenes: the healing, the teaching time, the highly […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 2nd Sunday of Lent, Luke 13:31-35
The Gospel text for the 2nd Sunday of Lent (Luke 13:31-35) directs our attention toward Christ’s coming passion – albeit without being anywhere nearly as explicit about the point as he was earlier in Luke’s Gospel. Plus he compares himself to a chicken. Who would want to miss that? Luke 13:31-35 These lines are easy […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 1st Sunday of Lent, Luke 4:1-13
On the first Sunday of Lent we take a step backward in the flow of Luke’s narrative to look at a very lenten issue: temptation. The Gospel text is Luke 4:1-13, the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Luke 4:1-13 Jesus’ three big temptations get all the attention, but a tiny little moment in the […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36
This Sunday Western Christianity celebrates the “Transfiguration.” The Revised Common Lectionary gives us the story from Luke 9:28-36, because it is “Year C” when Luke’s Gospel is the focus. Just Luke 9:28-36 for Me Please The lectionary includes an optional extension of the reading, Luke 9:37-43a. I’m not going to discuss it. In Luke’s chronology […]
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